{"id":4438,"date":"2022-02-25T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1303004025"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:54:00","slug":"manifesto-creates-a-resource-for-recreational-marijuana-job-seekers-in-connecticut-wshu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=4438","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Manifesto&#8217; creates a resource for recreational marijuana job seekers in Connecticut &#8211; WSHU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manifesto-creates-a-resource-for-recreational-marijuana-job-seekers-in-connecticut-wshu.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Two local workforce organizations in Connecticut released plans Thursday to help black and under-represented communities understand the state\u2019s recreational marijuana industry.<\/p>\n<p>The WorkForce and the Alliance for Cannabis Equity said its Cannabis Manifesto will help train businesses owners and workers for the field.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Carbone, president and CEO of the Bridgeport-based The WorkPlace, said he sees the manifesto as a way of boosting job growth in the cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want them to have the courage to take a look at it and to believe in themselves because the system will help them \u2013 be it employment or investment, the system will help them to be part of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The manifesto also covers questions on business financing and presents three case studies of companies operating in the industry, one of which is located in New Haven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe potential for changing lives in a very significant way, is something we\u2019ve never seen before that we are going to see through this,\u201d Carbone said. \u201cOur role will be to provide a stimulus to give people reason to have confidence in this and believe in it and get prepared to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 92-page document can be viewed <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acect.org\/the-cannabis-manifesto\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two local workforce organizations in Connecticut released plans Thursday to help black and under-represented communities understand the state\u2019s recreational marijuana industry. The WorkForce and the Alliance for Cannabis Equity said its Cannabis Manifesto will help train businesses owners and workers for the field. Joseph Carbone, president and CEO of the Bridgeport-based The WorkPlace, said he sees the manifesto as a way of boosting job growth in the cannabis industry. \u201cI want them to have the courage to take a look at it and to believe in themselves because the system will help them \u2013 be it employment or investment, the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/manifesto-creates-a-resource-for-recreational-marijuana-job-seekers-in-connecticut-wshu.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}